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December 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM #119010December 17, 2007 at 12:28 AM #118774
ltokuda
Participant“You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image.”
That may be true, but we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image. My co-worker did this with a Sony Bravia LCD TV (one that sits on his bench in the lab at work). The TV probably got turned on in May and didn’t have any inputs connected. It sat there displaying the “VIDEO 2” message the whole time. Finally, my co-worker needed to use the TV for a project and noticed the burn-in. It was a suprise to all of us.
Obviously, this is an extreme scenario that probably won’t happen at home. Unless you plan on torturing your TV in this way, I wouldn’t worry about burning in a LCD (edited).
December 17, 2007 at 12:28 AM #118905Participant“You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image.”
That may be true, but we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image. My co-worker did this with a Sony Bravia LCD TV (one that sits on his bench in the lab at work). The TV probably got turned on in May and didn’t have any inputs connected. It sat there displaying the “VIDEO 2” message the whole time. Finally, my co-worker needed to use the TV for a project and noticed the burn-in. It was a suprise to all of us.
Obviously, this is an extreme scenario that probably won’t happen at home. Unless you plan on torturing your TV in this way, I wouldn’t worry about burning in a LCD (edited).
December 17, 2007 at 12:28 AM #118938Participant“You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image.”
That may be true, but we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image. My co-worker did this with a Sony Bravia LCD TV (one that sits on his bench in the lab at work). The TV probably got turned on in May and didn’t have any inputs connected. It sat there displaying the “VIDEO 2” message the whole time. Finally, my co-worker needed to use the TV for a project and noticed the burn-in. It was a suprise to all of us.
Obviously, this is an extreme scenario that probably won’t happen at home. Unless you plan on torturing your TV in this way, I wouldn’t worry about burning in a LCD (edited).
December 17, 2007 at 12:28 AM #118979Participant“You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image.”
That may be true, but we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image. My co-worker did this with a Sony Bravia LCD TV (one that sits on his bench in the lab at work). The TV probably got turned on in May and didn’t have any inputs connected. It sat there displaying the “VIDEO 2” message the whole time. Finally, my co-worker needed to use the TV for a project and noticed the burn-in. It was a suprise to all of us.
Obviously, this is an extreme scenario that probably won’t happen at home. Unless you plan on torturing your TV in this way, I wouldn’t worry about burning in a LCD (edited).
December 17, 2007 at 12:28 AM #119000Participant“You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image.”
That may be true, but we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image. My co-worker did this with a Sony Bravia LCD TV (one that sits on his bench in the lab at work). The TV probably got turned on in May and didn’t have any inputs connected. It sat there displaying the “VIDEO 2” message the whole time. Finally, my co-worker needed to use the TV for a project and noticed the burn-in. It was a suprise to all of us.
Obviously, this is an extreme scenario that probably won’t happen at home. Unless you plan on torturing your TV in this way, I wouldn’t worry about burning in a LCD (edited).
December 17, 2007 at 12:37 AM #118797
CoronitaParticipantWow. Never knew people took their tv so seriously.
I thought just getting OTA HD signals was pretty cool. My understanding is OTA HD signals are better than both dish or cable because I thought the stuff going through both boxes were compressed. But of course you can only get NBC,CBS,ABC,FOX,KPBS ota. Then again, I'm not hardcore in this regards so I stand to be corrected.
Sorry, I can't enjoy the finer things of life, such as warm, non-canned meals, cable/dish tv, land line phones. Mortgage payments are eating me alive.
December 17, 2007 at 12:37 AM #118930CoronitaParticipantWow. Never knew people took their tv so seriously.
I thought just getting OTA HD signals was pretty cool. My understanding is OTA HD signals are better than both dish or cable because I thought the stuff going through both boxes were compressed. But of course you can only get NBC,CBS,ABC,FOX,KPBS ota. Then again, I'm not hardcore in this regards so I stand to be corrected.
Sorry, I can't enjoy the finer things of life, such as warm, non-canned meals, cable/dish tv, land line phones. Mortgage payments are eating me alive.
December 17, 2007 at 12:37 AM #118962CoronitaParticipantWow. Never knew people took their tv so seriously.
I thought just getting OTA HD signals was pretty cool. My understanding is OTA HD signals are better than both dish or cable because I thought the stuff going through both boxes were compressed. But of course you can only get NBC,CBS,ABC,FOX,KPBS ota. Then again, I'm not hardcore in this regards so I stand to be corrected.
Sorry, I can't enjoy the finer things of life, such as warm, non-canned meals, cable/dish tv, land line phones. Mortgage payments are eating me alive.
December 17, 2007 at 12:37 AM #119004CoronitaParticipantWow. Never knew people took their tv so seriously.
I thought just getting OTA HD signals was pretty cool. My understanding is OTA HD signals are better than both dish or cable because I thought the stuff going through both boxes were compressed. But of course you can only get NBC,CBS,ABC,FOX,KPBS ota. Then again, I'm not hardcore in this regards so I stand to be corrected.
Sorry, I can't enjoy the finer things of life, such as warm, non-canned meals, cable/dish tv, land line phones. Mortgage payments are eating me alive.
December 17, 2007 at 12:37 AM #119024CoronitaParticipantWow. Never knew people took their tv so seriously.
I thought just getting OTA HD signals was pretty cool. My understanding is OTA HD signals are better than both dish or cable because I thought the stuff going through both boxes were compressed. But of course you can only get NBC,CBS,ABC,FOX,KPBS ota. Then again, I'm not hardcore in this regards so I stand to be corrected.
Sorry, I can't enjoy the finer things of life, such as warm, non-canned meals, cable/dish tv, land line phones. Mortgage payments are eating me alive.
December 17, 2007 at 7:00 AM #118819Navydoc
Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
December 17, 2007 at 7:00 AM #118950Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
December 17, 2007 at 7:00 AM #118982Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
December 17, 2007 at 7:00 AM #119025Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
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